The author of the meme here poses an excellent question. I believe it will ultimately be shown that Putin had a great deal to do with this. Russia benefits from a United States that is depleted morally, diplomatically, and economically. …
Category: Sustainability
Playing Fast and Loose with the English Language
A reader asks: My wife just said about some left over green veggies “ Don’t worry about those, I will salad them.” Grounds for divorce? Ha! My interpretation here is that your wife regards the English language the same way …
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Without Respect for Others, We Can Kiss This Civilization Good-Bye
I was on a Zoom call the other day on which someone was trying to explain the hostility between two sects somewhere in Central or Eastern Europe. (Was it Hungary? I can’t recall.) The caller explained, “These people just don’t …
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Whom and What We Worship
The meme here reminds me of the late, great George Carlin, and his masterpiece explaining why he worships the sun, and not the traditional Judeo-Christian God:
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Why Are Meat-Eaters Attacking Vegans?
Meat-eaters nowadays seem to have deep-seated emotional issues with vegans, for reasons that remain unclear. Why all this aggression against people who may have compassion for the welfare of other sentient beings. or may be concerned about their own health, …
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Do You Mentally Correct Others’ Grammar?
A reader asked for my position on his question at left. Of course. And often, it’s not just “in my head”; I shout it aloud. On CNN just now: “Someone with whom they’re speaking to,” should have been, “Someone to …
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At a Chick-Fil-A
I actually didn’t need another good reason to stay out of Chick-Fil-A, but it looks like I got one nonetheless.
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The Definitive Statement of Existentialism
Apparently, French surgeon and biologist Alexis Carrel fashioned his quote here from the great Friedrich Nietzsche and his masterpiece “Beyond Good and Evil,” which contains this, IMO the definitive explanation of existentialism, and the most beautiful single sentence ever written …
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Cicero’s “Good Citizen”
Right here and now, Cicero’s “good citizen” seems to have gone into hiding. Most Republicans will be voting for Trump, a man who has consistently thumbed his nose at our laws.
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Who or What Is Kamala Harris?
The people with the banner here remind me of something Socrates said 2300 years ago:
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